Cool Biblical Place Names

  1. Jericho
    • Origin:

      Biblical place-name
    • Description:

      A biblical place name with trumpeting verve and strength.
  2. Galilee
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "the province"
    • Description:

      Galilee is a highly unusual place name, Galilee being a large region in northern Israel, the home of Jesus during at least thirty years of his life, and also where he cured a blind man. The Sea of Galilee gets its name from the area.
  3. Palmyra
    • Origin:

      Greek, place name
    • Meaning:

      "palm tree; pilgrim"
    • Description:

      An ancient city in modern-day Syria, which occasionally makes the roster of girl names. Its etymology is uncertain — locally it is called Tadmor, and Palmyra is the Greek version — but it has traditionally been associated with palm trees. It may also be a feminine form of the Italian Palmiro, meaning "pilgrim", ultimately from palma, again meaning "palm tree".
  4. Gilead
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "a camel hump"
    • Description:

      Like Bethany and Shiloh, a meaningful biblical place-name.
  5. Bethesda
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "house of mercy"
    • Description:

      Unlike other place names, this one might be tied too tightly to a single locale -- the Maryland suburb of D. C. -- to work as a first name.
  6. Arimathea
    • Bethsaida
      • Corinth/Corinthia
        • Damascus
          • Philippia